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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
chief
/tʃiːf/
noun1 of 2
most important one
- “His chief attraction lies in his character, not his looks.”Tatoeba
- “The chief engineer did research hand in hand with his assistant.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To smoke cannabis.
Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)